The 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit in Abuja has placed Africa’s security conversation at a defining crossroad: the continent must shift from dependence on foreign arms to building its own defence industry and digital warfare capacity.
At the heart of the deliberations was a message that echoed across the hall Africa’s greatest security threats now come from within.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, captured the mood when he declared that the enemy Africa faces today is not just external but embedded in asymmetric, digital, and invisible networks.
“The battlefield is evolving, and today’s threats are no longer confined to conventional warfare; they are digital, asymmetric, and often invisible. The enemy is. . Continue..Reading. .